Modern technologies are steadily entering our lives. Medicine is an integral part of this process. This industry, with its thousands of years of history, is now arming itself with new medical devices. Know-how in medicine literally saves people from death and brings them back to full life, especially now, in times of a terrible bloody war.
That is why the union of doctors, scientists and engineers is becoming a requirement of the times. The five-party memorandum of cooperation, signed on January 10 on behalf of the organizations they lead, was signed by Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute Rector Anatoliy Melnychenko, President of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine Vitaliy Tsymbalyuk, Director of Sikorsky Challenge Innovation Holding Oleksiy Strutsynsky, representative of the management of the KOLO Charitable Foundation Sergiy Fedorov, and Director of Sikorsky Challenge Science Park for Additive Technologies Natalia Seminska.
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“Today, the health of Ukrainians depends on the unification and synergy of medical and engineering sciences - they will overcome the biggest challenges of the coming decades,” Anatoliy Melnychenko emphasized, starting the conversation that preceded the signing of the document.
Given the number of signatories and the seriousness of their intentions, the memorandum is quite extensive. It provides for the development of cooperation in the implementation of international quality standards in the field of biomedicine in Ukraine, in the development and implementation of regenerative medicine technologies, medical (pharmaceutical) biotechnologies, biosafety and biosecurity technologies; information technologies for healthcare needs (including diagnosis and treatment of human diseases, as well as the development of the public health system). Agreements were also recorded on cooperation in the development, testing and implementation of the latest medical devices, including medical and diagnostic medical equipment; certification (attestation) of specialists; standardization of prosthetics and rehabilitation technologies (implementation of clinical medical protocols); certification and standardization of prosthetic materials and components.
In addition, the signatories of the memorandum plan to actively promote the development of education in the biomedical field, including advanced training and improvement of the training system for the development of the medical field and the field of medical engineering; research in the field of prosthetics and rehabilitation; creation and development of innovative infrastructure on the basis of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, in particular in the biomedical field; support for clinical trials in Ukraine in the prosthetic field; and search for promising scientific and technical developments in the institutions of the National Academy.
“Our current association should have happened much earlier. After all, the Academy has long been putting forward ideas that require further technical development and implementation,” said Vitaliy Tsymbalyuk, President of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, during the discussion of areas of cooperation, ”Perhaps we are now laying the first stones in the foundation of the system, when proposals are received from medical scientists, scientists and engineers from polytechnics offer technical solutions for their implementation, and this cooperation will benefit our country.
Of course, special attention in this context will be paid to solving the problems of military medicine. During the discussion of the document, Vice President of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Major General of the Medical Service Ihor Lurin spoke about this aspect of cooperation in a separate speech: “Today we are very actively cooperating with military doctors and invite you (meaning Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute - the university's affiliate). Ihor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute - editor's note) to take part in this cooperation, especially in fundamental things, in particular, let's say, in research on terminal ballistics of various projectiles... including the study of the difference between ball and fragmentation ballistics.” They also discussed other areas of cooperation, primarily those whose results can be quickly implemented in medical practice.
Business should also become a full member of the association, which will ensure the implementation and scaling of successful projects and solutions, added Inna Maliukova, head of the Sikorsky Challenge All-Ukrainian Innovation Ecosystem. This component will help promote new technologies and bring them to potential users and customers. Other proposals for the practical activities of the participants of the memorandum include holding a Medical Engineering Forum in May this year with the involvement of foreign partners. Within the framework of this Forum, a competition for the best developments on the relevant topics should be organized, the winners of which will be able to receive support from potential investors. According to Inna Maliukova, the Forum should present developments in the field of military medicine, and may include a section for basic research on medical topics and engineering, etc.
The main unit on the basis of which the joint activities under the memorandum will be developed will, of course, be the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering. By the way, it was once founded as a medical engineering department, as Olena Golembiovska, its deputy dean for research, reminded a Kyiv Polytechnic correspondent. Moreover, according to her, the initiative to create it was taken by one of the institutes of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, so it is not surprising that cooperation with the Academy in this unit has never been interrupted. “If we talk about the specific areas of today's cooperation, these include biosensors, 3D bioprinting, that is, modern additive technologies, and many others,” she said, ”And the document signed today is actually a framework agreement that gives the green light and confirms the legitimacy of all our previous joint projects. And, of course, it expands our capabilities in terms of scientific cooperation and the implementation of our joint developments.”
Our university will develop and apply the latest biomedical technologies that will save hundreds of lives even more actively!
KPI students will do this crucial work together with:📌 National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine;
📌 Sikorsky Challenge Science Park of Additive Technologies;
📌 Sikorsky Challenge Innovation Holding;
📌 Kolo Charitable Foundation.Further cooperation was approved in a five-party memorandum.
“The merger of our institutions should have taken place long ago so that the advanced ideas of our Ukrainian doctors could be implemented here in Ukraine, not abroad. Now, together with you, we will be able to make our Ukrainian product to save the lives of our people,” Vitaliy Tsymbalyuk, President of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine.
“Today, the health of Ukrainians depends on the unification and synergy of medical and engineering sciences - they will overcome the biggest challenges of the next decades,” Anatoliy Melnychenko, Rector of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.
Research results and proposals from researchers in the field of medicine will help Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute specialists to implement even more projects in the following areas
- regenerative medicine;
- implementation of the most effective technologies for war victims, work with mine and gunshot injuries, including prosthetics, orthotics and rehabilitation;
- information technologies for healthcare needs;
- development of the latest medical devices;
- certification (attestation) of specialists.